Judith Sargent Murray

Judith Sargent Murray (1 May 1751-9 June 1820) was an American essayist, playwright, poet, and women's rights activist who was most famous for writing On the Equality of the Sexes in 1790.

Biography
Judith Sargent Murray was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1751 to a wealthy merchant family, and she received a top-notch education. She wrote a number of essays, the most notable being On the Equality of the Sexes in 1790; however, she went on to justify female education in the context of family duty, supporting republican motherhood. She died in Natchez, Mississippi in 1820.